Recent content by OOBER

Got my new toy...er... tool installed! I made a quick video with lessons learned and some tips for anybody thinking about adding a 2 post lift to their shop. Check it out here: It has been super awesome so far. I put an alternator on my mom's Dodge Caliber that had to come out the bottom and...

Awesome project! Looks like you have a plan now, but your mention of struggling to do multiple bends in tube reminded me of an old article. I haven't bent tube for a couple years now but when I have built roll cages in the past, I always go back to this OG article from Pirate 4x4. It says 2020...

So... I kinda forgot about this thread until I got the most recent subscription update for another thead in my email. A LOT has happened since 2022. The shop is 98% done other than some small cosmetic things and I spend 2-3 hours out in it almost every night working on stuff. It is great. I...

Finally get to finish some stuff up and play with some of my toys. I have always loved tech gadgets and audio so this part isn't work for me. Found some keystone type audio connectors that worked out slick My FIL helped me cut a couple sheets of plywood for a French cleat rail. They turned...

About this time (a couple of months ago) I sprang my ankle really bad. In fact I still have bad ankle days here and there but am mostly back to normal now. Due to that and the fact that my dad passed in January this year and won't be able to help, I gave in and hired out my sheetrock...

Been a while, time for an update! Last big section to finish out Cut in and installed an exhaust fan Lots of insulation installation and pulled cable for 6 ethernet drops throughout the shop Now time for sheetrock! Full progress report here...

Nice! Looking awesome in there!

Been trying out a couple of videos lately. First one is me talking about the observed difference in my shop between the areas where I had installed R19 vs the areas that were still just Solex double bubble house wrap. It was interesting the difference it made, I think the difference would have...

Looking great! You will like that setup. I love having my shop right off the driveway, makes it really easy to run over to the shop to grab something or park daily drivers in there. Is there a man door on the far side of your garage facing the shop? Delays are inevitable, glad you got your...

Van looks sweeeeeeeet. Keep up the awesome work!

Thanks for the updates! Been reading your thread for years and enjoy catching up to your latest adventures every once in a while. Love that you have been able to go full time doing your own thing.

Progress looks awesome! Loving the walls, they came out great.

Thanks Juiced! I feel like I am finally getting close but still have a ways to go. The 90+ degree weather hasn't been helping. I was out there last night at 11pm, it was still 88 degrees in the shop, I was working on my new project/toy and was completely soaked in sweat. My website articles...

Junk gathers very quickly. Had to do some major cleaning so I could get back to working on the shop itself. This was after I picked up my first load of 20 rolls of insulation. Got the house painted to match the shop. It needed painted anyways. Was a bit of a journey to get the right paint...

After using my Expedition for a while I grew tired of not having a place to put my tools. Nobody really made anything like what I was looking for, so I built my own. It has been over a month now and has been AWESOME to have all my basic tools with me wherever I go yet not lose any hauling space...